05 February 2010

A Bullion Technique

1 2 3

.try this with a large needle..size 1 straw (milliners) and two strands of stranded cotton (floss) or perle 12 or 8 thread.

Note...at step No 3 the working thread is pulled upwards quite firmly into a little triangle..pull the thread upwards and only then settle the loops down onto the fabric before placing the needle back into the fabric... before the needle is re inserted...this will eliminate small loose loops appearing at the start of the stitch.There are about twenty wraps on the needle and the distance covered at step one is only a mm or two.

The little knots will sit up off the fabric...work on the edge of a fold...or in amongst other mounded stitches for a variety in texture.

Some of these samples have been finished with a colonial knot into the centre of the finished stitch.